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THE REPUBLICAN December 2, 1881 What Will be Done With It? Of late we have often heard the question asked, what will be done with the old Court House when the new one is completed and ready for occupancy? As far as we are concerned it is a question that we cannot answer, and if there is any one who knows, we would be glad to have them inform us. A move was on foot during the late session of the County Board to have the county give it to the city, but for some cause or another the request was not granted. And now we would ask, what does the city want of it and what would they do with it? Certainly it will have to be moved from its present location, but where it will be put is a question in the minds of many who have given it any thought. We believe the majority of the County Board were in favor of selling it for what it would bring, the proceeds to go into the general county fund, consequently nothing was done in regard to disposing of it. December 16, 1881 Is it a Barn Yard? Main Street, especially in front of the Court House and the most prominent location of all presents a sight that equals if not eclipses, a good old-fashioned barnyard. Our city authorities allow teams to be unhitched there, and hay, straw, and corn stalks scattered all over the ground for the horses and oxen to eat and trample on. The whole length of the Court House Square on Main Street is a disgrace to any city. The best way to remedy this evil is to prohibit farmers from feeding or unhitching their horses on such sightly locations. March 10, 1882 The New Court House Monday morning last work was again commenced on our new court house by the building committee. Mr. Melcher had locked all the doors to the building and refused to give up the keys, but the doors were forced open and men set to work. There is some talk of Mr. Melcher making trouble for the county for taking possession in this way, but just what it will amount to we are unable to say at present. We hope, however, that the committee will go ahead and complete the building as soon as possible. It ought to have been completed some time ago and we can see no good reason why it was not; but the building committee have come to the conclusion that forbearance has ceased to be a virtue, and taken the matter into their own hands, and the county will bear them out in their actions. April 7, 1882 On account of dampness in the new Court House, the vault doors have been taken off and placed in the old building to prevent their further rusting during the plastering of the building. ************* Those who have cows that are permitted to run at large, must bear in mind that, all damage done by them can be collected from the owners. May 26, 1882 The Unabated Nuisance Again we notice that the nuisance of feeding teams on our Main Street in front of the court House has commenced. But a few weeks ago the street was thoroughly cleaned by the Street Commissioner and already it is becoming strewn with hay and rubbish more appropriate for a barn-yard than the main business street of a city. We have agitated the matter through the columns of this paper several times of having an ordinance passed, prohibiting the practice of unhitching and feeding teams on Main Street, especially in front of Court House Square. This is a matter that our city fathers ought at once to take some steps to prohibit. What must those who are attending court here from other cities think of such practices? We do not know, but we venture to say if they were questioned on the subject their opinions would not be very complimentary. If there is not pride enough in our citizens to stop this practice for their own sake, it would be a good thing to have it done away with on account of strangers who are daily visiting our city and who in speaking of the place will no longer have cause to say that our Main Street looks more like a barn-yard than any thing else. To those of our citizens who are in the habit if seeing it every day it is not noticed very much, but to a stranger it is seen and noticed very quickly. We trust something will be done in regard to this practice and that it will soon be abated. ************* Judge Park was somewhat disappointed that the new Court House was not in readiness for this term of Court, but it couldn’t very well be helped under the circumstances. The calendar for this term of court is the largest the county has ever had, many suits having been brought here on change of venue from other counties. Our city is over-run this week with gentlemen of the legal profession. On seeing Gabe Houck in the court room in this city the other day, a stranger asked what Indian that was, and if he knew anything about law? From the manner in which Gabe wears his hair at the present time, and his dark complexion, the stranger evidently thought he was a full-blooded Indian. (Also noted in this May issue: This city was visited with a slight snowstorm last Monday morning. There was not enough for sleighing, but it was snow just the same. The heavy frost of Tuesday night last seems to have prevailed though out the entire northwest, and by reports from different localities we see that vegetables and nearly all small fruits have been injured to some extent) July 14, 1882 Our Court yard is getting to be a public pasture for cows. July 14, 1882 The Cow Nuisance How natural it is for some people to always want to maintain something at the expense of others. This fact is daily demonstrated in our city by those owning cows which are permitted to run at large about the streets. They are a nuisance in more respects than one: 1st, shade trees are injured, and in many cases totally destroyed by them; 2d, if a gate is left open they are sure to enter and destroy the garden, if there happens to be one; 3d, the constant jingle of the cow bell early in the morning, about day-light when a person would like to sleep, is one of the most provoking of all. It is not an uncommon sight to see from five to a dozen cows at a time on almost any of our streets, even Main Street and many times in the Court yard, and from one to thereof them with bells on. It is not an uncommon thing in a village to see such thins, but in a place like Waupaca that pretends to be a city, it is certainly something that ought to be remedied. We venture to say that there is not another place in the State the size of our city where such things are permitted to exist, and it certainly ought not to be permitted here, and would not if there was back-bone enough in our city council to pass an ordinance to that effect, but of course it could not be done without incurring the displeasure of some of our citizens, especially those owning cows, and it would never do to incur such displeasure. If cows that are allowed to run in the streets would bother no one but the owners of them, it would be a different thing, but who ever knew a cow to remain around the premises of its owner when turned out in the street? September 8, 1882 The old Court House will be sold to the highest bidder today. A good job will be done when it is removed and the grounds put in proper order, and it is hoped as soon as this is done that that grounds will not be used for a cow pasture any more.
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